KFDI-FM
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Broadcast area | Wichita, Kansas |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 101.3 MHz |
| Branding | Country 101.3 KFDI |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
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| KFTI, KICT-FM, KFXJ, KYQQ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1972 |
Call sign meaning | Similar to the Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Company (see KFTI) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 72357 | |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 347 meters (1,138 ft) |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
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KFDI-FM (101.3 MHz) is a 100 kW radio station operating in Wichita, Kansas. Identifying as "Today's KFDI-FM 101.3, Wichita's Country Favorites," the station runs a contemporary country music format. KFDI has a strong emphasis on news, weather, and traffic with the largest news radio team in Kansas and the only one staffed 24/7/366. The station is owned by SummitMedia. Its studios are located just north of Wichita[2] and the transmitter is located outside Colwich, Kansas.
News team
The news team includes News Producer George Lawson, morning drive anchor and reporter Jacob Weston, and reporters and anchors Ryan Arnold, Lance Ferguson, and Chris Maslen.[3]
History
KFDI-FM has been playing country music since about 1972. Until 2002, the KFDI calls were also on sister station 1070 AM (now KFTI; the AM station first went on the air in 1962). Numerous influential disc jockeys and programmers have worked at the stations through the years, including Pat James (Now Operations Manager at KHUT in Hutchinson, Kansas), Beverlee Brannigan, CMA award winners Brian Pierce and Kellie Michaels, CMA Award winners Dan Tooker and Jon Watkins, Colby Ericson, Rick Regan, Mike Oatman, Gary Hightower (formerly on XM Satellite Radio's Willie's Place as "Catfish"), Terry Burford, Dugg Collins, Johnny Western, Buddy Nichols, Orin Friesen, Scott Piper, Jerry "Attaboy" Adams, Andy "O" (Mike Oatman's son), "Willie Wheelchair", Larry Scott, Dave Donahue, "Lovable" Larry Stonecipher (now on air part time at KHUT), "Gentle" Ben Ingram (now at KWLS in Winfield, Kansas), and many more. Oatman, Burford, Collins, Western, Scott and Donahue are members of the Country Music Disc Jockey's Hall of Fame. Friesen was named the International Bluegrass Music Association's very first Bluegrass Broadcaster of the Year in 1990. He also produced the IBMA awards show from 1990 to 2000.
The stations were purchased by Journal Broadcast Group in 1999. Prior to that, they were owned by Great Empire Broadcasting, headquartered in Wichita. Great Empire was owned by Mike Oatman and Mike Lynch. (Lynch is also in the Country Music Disc Jockey's Hall of Fame in the Broadcasting Executives section.) At its peak, Great Empire was the largest chain of country music stations in the United States. Other country stations in the group were KVOO/KVOO-FM in Tulsa, WOW/WOW-FM in Omaha, and KTTS/KTTS-FM in Springfield, Missouri. At one time, they had also owned stations in Denver (KRBQ AM/FM) and Shreveport (KWKH, home of the "Louisiana Hayride") All of the stations went by the "Radio Ranch" moniker and were full service country music stations. Local news, weather and traffic were emphasized. Lost pet reports were also aired on the stations.
On July 30, 2014, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would acquire Journal Communications in an all-stock transaction. The combined firm retained their broadcast properties and spun off their print assets as Journal Media Group.[4] Ahead of the merger, Journal was required by the FCC to divest KFTI-FM, which was sold to Envision in December 2014. KFDI and its four sister stations (KICT-FM, KFXJ, KYQQ, KFTI) merged with the E.W. Scripps Company on April 1, 2015.[5][6] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Wichita stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.[7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KFDI-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About Us | Country 101.3 KFDI".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Today's KFDI 101.3 FM".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Glauber, Bill (July 30, 2014). "Journal, Scripps deal announced". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Description of the Proposed Transaction". Federal Communications Commission. September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
External links
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- KFDI-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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